I think the idea is that if you're really really hungry, you shouldn't waste stomach space on something as cheap as bread. But I still don't think it's all that funny. They genuinely think it's funny, but they seem to laugh everytime I say anything in Russian.

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It's from винни пух (Russian version of Winnie the Pooh). It's from the episode where Winnie идёт в гости (goes visiting) to the Rabbit (Krolik). The Rabbit is an ochen vaspitelniy chelovek (well-mannered) and Winnie eats him out of house and home. It is undoubtedly hilarious. The particular phrase refers to the bit where the Rabbit asks Winnie whether he'd like condensed milk or honey on his slices of bread.

Winnie ochen lyubit myod, after all

Grab it on DVD some time, but don't expect to understand all of it even if you're Russian's getting pretty good, because they talk increeedibly fast. Especially the guy who does Winnie (who also starred in Gentlemeniy Udachi, know it?). He is really quite a comic genius.

That, roughly translated into Mongolian and back to English via Punjab, should read "Kindzadza is one of the most irritating films I've ever seen in my life, early Soviet stuff a hoot by comparison"

Ah, now, Russian subtitles is a thing I've been looking for for a long time. Maybe there'll be a DVD player in my girlfriend's Christmas stockings this year...

I haven't seen many on your list- I have to admit to not even having watched either of the Брат films, nor the much-acclaimed Burnt by the Sun, but since my workload has recently lessened off a bit I'm going to spend this winter catching up on culture. Which includes watching Бумер to the end. Last time was just too late at night. Said g/f tells me she had to watch it twice to understand the plot, which makes me doubt I'll ever get it. However, I reckon it's a candidate for translating to English because I agree that it looks technically brilliant. Has it been done, I wonder? Some clever marketing and it'd be a big hit.

I agree about Boomer. I think it'd go down pretty well back home. Kind of like Cidade de Deus for Brazil. It'd never be a blockbuster, too many Russian cultural specifics like the police (I love the scene where he goes for a piss and then .. you know ), and the stuff with the babushka using her derevnya healing techniques. Probably the story isn't that brilliant, but the style is what really stands out.

Wow! That guy likes his films. And his banner adverts. Will check it out on Monday at work. High-speed internet is one of the greatest perks of woeking in a software company. Thanks for putting the Lingvo link on your list Kent, nice to feel a part of such a mammoth compilation!

Going briefly back to "и того и другого и можно без хлеба" - I heard it on radio yesterday on the way to pick up my girlfriend from work! I wasn't paying enough attention to get the actual context, but I swear it's the first time I'd ever heard it. What a bizarre coincidence. It's not that I'd only been thinking about it recently, as it had quite honestly stuck in my mind from the first time I set virtual foot in this forum. Cool.

Changing the topic completely, what kind of fool takes a day off work when he has only ONE lesson in order to change his rusty old car's sump in preparation for a trip to Novgorod... only to find that the result of an entire day's work (not to mention skinned knuckles and a lot of dirty looks from the neighbours) is an even leakier sump, and the old one already chucked in the pomoinik!?

Sympathy please. When I have money I'm gonna get myself a Lexus thingummyjiggery- you know the one that looks halfway between an offroader an a grossly oversized hatchback/coupe? Then you can be sure there won't even be a toolkit in the boot...